地理信息系统和科学的现状及发展趋势外文翻译.docVIP

外文资料与中文翻译 外文资料： Geographic information systems and science: today and tomorrow Michael F. Goodchild University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-4060, USA Abstract Geographic information is defined as information linking locations on or near the Earth’s surface to properties of those locations. The technologies for handling such information include GPS, remote sensing, and geographic information systems. Behind the technologies are a set of fundamental, researchable issues whose study has been termed geographic information science. I review these technologies under four headings: position